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Yvinek, who's in New York finshing up his album, observes the American in his natural environment. Well, in Starbucks.

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Think Denk (no stranger to Starbucks) on phone sex of a different kind. It all ends in tears.

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Finally, an opera about Muammar Gadafy, written by Asian Dub Foundation and bringing together the English National Opera, North African musicians and poet-rappers. Sounds good.

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"Holliday [sic] would impose the same way of singing on songs for which it was inappropriate. 'The End of a Love Affair' comes to mind. She delivered 'If I talk...a little too fast,' in the same slow style as a torch song. It's 'fast,' Lady!"
- Nicholas Stix betrays a shocking misunderstanding of Holiday's interpretation of the song.

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Foreign labour sucks: this Pearl Jam concert review seemed oddly stilted until I saw the author's name. And are PJ really the future of rock?

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If Finnish metal is making Eurovision worth watching, its moment of hipness must be over, right? [via ThinkSong]